Thursday, August 29, 2024

Zelensky to present peace plan to Biden, Harris, Trump

 via The Hill

“Second direction is Ukraine’s strategic place in the security infrastructure of the world,” Zelensky said, according to CNN. “Third direction is the powerful package of forcing Russia to end the war in a diplomatic way, and the fourth direction is economical.”

Ukraine’s leader said he plans to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September. While there, he plans to meet with Biden and will present the plan. Due to the uncertainty of who is going to win the 2024 election, Zelensky said he planned to share the plan with both Trump, the GOP nominee, and Harris, the newly-minted Democratic nominee. 

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Make no mistake about it.  Zelensky is preparing for his exit from the stage and HOPEFULLY a long life after the disaster he's led in Ukraine.

I called for peace talks long ago.

All the Anti-Russia zealots shouted it down.

Now?

Now the leader of Ukraine is hoping for it.  Makes ya wonder huh?

So reading between the lines of this weak ass attempt at diplomatic speak what is he asking for?

Long term economic assistance.

Ukraine is now a third world nation at best.  If peace came tonight it would take 50 years for them to catch up to Europe assuming that Europe was willing to foot the bill.  Any economic shock or if the Europeans decide to turn inward and you can add additional years to the rebuilding of Ukraine's economy.

Long term security assistance.

Besides money, Zelensky is wanting Europe to rebuild his army.  Should be cheap cause he's sent all the fighting age men in that nation to their deaths already but the future Ukrainian armed forces will have more weapons than people.  After seeing how quickly war stocks are depleted that might be a good thing but it will take much effort.

Long term security guarantees.

Basically what Zelensky wants is NATO membership.  If you have a repeat of 2014 and Russia reacts they want NATO to come riding to the rescue.  That alone will make this a non-starter.

Long story short?

The globalist want this off the front page.  Zelensky needs to do something (too late now) cause he was already the walking dead.

This war doesn't have much longer.  Ukraine will sue for peace but even if he does its gonna be a terrible winter for Ukraine.

The 101st is working with the Mobile Brigade Combat Team concept

 via Army Times

Sylvia said the division command elements of the Fort Campbell brigade performed mobile strike missions requiring 76 aircraft to haul more than 2,000 soldiers and 252 pieces of equipment across more than 500 miles on two avenues of approach. That maneuver necessitated at least two refueling points before troops hit the ground at 14 different landing zones.

Another 700 soldiers were needed to manage the forward area refueling points along the route from Fort Campbell to Fort Johnson, he said.

The 500-mile mark is key, Sylvia added. If the Army can strike from that distance, they can strike nearly any important feature of Russia, China, Iran or North Korea from regional installations.

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Will this work?

Don't know.

Is it encouraging to see the Army working the problem and developing its force to be capable of credible "strike & hold" operations?

You bet your ass.

This was once Marine Corps territory.  The Pentagon abhors a vacuum and the Army is stepping into the breach.

One Marine Corps leader decided that he had all the answers, could see only one region and one foe and pushed his chips all in with the support of a few well placed zealots while GOOD MEN DID NOTHING!

If we're lucky the Army will stand in the breach while it takes a generation of Marines to UNFUCK the Corps.

Sunday, August 25, 2024

Iran's Jaish al-Adl group executed the head of intelligence in Kesh City, Hossein Piri, in Balochistan.....How is Israeli Intel Agencies able to get this close, Iran is totally penetrated

 

via USMC Reddit...The Argument For & Against Tanks....

The argument for tanks.
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I continue to marvel how ONE MAN's "great white whale" (Berger and his personal hyperfocus on China and China alone) was allowed to twist, alter and destroy a great organization. What's even more troubling is how so many Marine Officers fell in line without thought or reason. These are the people that will lead future Marines into combat? They will fill body bags. Critical thinkers they are not!

Saturday, August 24, 2024

Snake Island is back in the news. The Russians hit it and supposedly NATO Special Ops was part of the force there...

 

US Army Rangers are a fire & forget outfit...you send them in to solve a problem and then you forget about the problem cause its about to be NOT a problem....

The United States Marine Corps was about that shit. 

Now? 

They want to be the sense and make sense outfit....fucking human UAVs...so that the real shooters can do work...sad fucking shit...these Force Design zealots are fucked beyond recognition.

These are our future warfighters....we are so fucked

We are so fucked. I wouldn't trust them in a fucking fist fight much less bullets flying. I repeat. WE ARE FUCKED.

Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, during deck landing qualifications off the coast of San Diego.....photos by Lance Cpl. Logan Courtright

Open Comment Post. 24 Aug 24

Wish I would have had the forethought to have done this myself.....I would have framed it

Getting misty. Wish I had done this before my mom passed away. It would be framed and lighted....

Philly cyclist that was gunned down in broad daylight? Just another gang banger...

I saw the above video and had troubling making it make sense. Four people gunning down what appears to be a random cyclist? Just didn't sing. I waited to post on it because it OBVIOUSLY had to be more to the story. Well guess what. Dude was just another gang banger. Now it makes sense. Note one other thing. Crime is hard living. Dude is 25 and looks anywhere from 35 to 45. Normally my heart would go out but you reap what you sow.